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- G. B. ADAMS.

- GARMENT SUPPORTER.

Patented Jan. 10, 1893.

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GEORGE B. ADAMS, OF IRVINGTON, NEXV JERSEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,702, dated January10, 1893..-

Application filed March 10, 1892. Serial No. 424,368. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Irvington, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a partvof this specification.

The present invention relates to a device designed for use as a sleeve,skirt, hose or other supporter, and the invention has for its object toprovide for this purpose a device which will effectually perform all thefunctions of a garment supporter, which can be readily manipulated andattached to a garment, with nothing to mar the outward appearancethereof and by reason of its construction will permit of a greatervariety of design and ornamentation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clasp for this purposewhich can be manufactured at a reduced cost and one that will be durablewhen in use.

With these ends in view, the invention consists of the improvedconstructions and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter morefully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a bandprovided with my improved form of clasp, Fig. '2 is a back view thereof,and Fig. 3 is a back view of the clasp or button with the clamping plateshown in its raised position. Fig. 4. is a vertical section of the same,clearly illustrating the arrangement of the free ends of a band betweenthe inner surface of the shell of the button and the clamping end of thebacleplate. Fig. 5 is a back view of the garment supporter in which theholding teeth are made separate and are arranged in loops formedin themetal of the pivoted holding jaws; Fig. 6 is a vertical section of saidclasp, and Fig. 7 a back view of the holding jaw and the teeth ar- Fig.8 is a view similar to Fig. 6, in which the holding jaw is provided witha pressure plate arranged on the outer surface of said jaw and betweenthe same and the needle-pointed teeth, and Fig. 9 is a plan view of saidpivoted jaw employed in connection with the device shown in Fig. 8.

The essential features of my improved garment supporter are a band orelastic ribbon at to which are secured on its opposite ends the holdingor clasping buttons A. Said buttons, consist essentially of a shell aprovided with an inwardly projecting marginal. bead or rim a betweenwhich, and a back-plate Z) the ends a of the band a are firmly secured,as will be clearly seen from Fig. 3. Said backplates b are provided withdownwardly projecting and curved teeth I), as shown. The two buttons A,when arranged on the band a as in Fig. 5 have these teeth b on theirbackplates projecting toward each other, as shown, and in order to usethe device, the teeth on the one button are slightly pressed into thematerial or cloth and by a pull on the band and thus upon the secondbutton, the teeth of said button are also forced into the material andthe garment thus suitably raised. Said teeth I) on one of the buttonscan be made of sufficient size and need not be pointed, when used as aladies skirt supporter, in which case the teeth can be hung over a beltencircling the persons waist. As will be seen from Fig. 4, said band orelastic ribbon a may be doubled, forming at one end a loop a in whichcan be arranged an ordinary holding clasp 0 provided withspring-actuated jaws c and 0 The opposite and free ends of the band maybe secured to the form of button and back-plate illustrated in Figs. 2and 3, instead behind the marginal bead a and the back-plate which ismade slightly smaller than said bead, as shown in Fig. 2, and which isprovided with pivotal pins b for pivotally securing said back-plate tothe face-plate or shell of the button A. Said back-plate is providedwith a clampinglip or jaw b which projects at a right angle, orapproximately so, from the back-plate, as clearly shown, whereby thefree ends of the band a can be placed between the inner surface of saidshell and the outer edge of the jaw 19 of the back-plate and when saidplate is closed down, the camaction of said jaw b presses the bandagainst the inner surface of the shell and firmly holds it in positionin the button.

Instead of forming the holding teeth I) integral with the pivotedholding jaw b, as illustrated in the above described views, said holdingjaws may be formed with loops b, which project up from the backs of saidplates, as shown in Figs. 6 7 and 8, and in said loops I secure a doublepointed wire 71 formed as shown in Fig. 7 into two strands h and 71which are bent beneath the face of the jaws b, substantially as shown,and terminate in the pin points h Between said pointed portions of thewire and the face of the pivoted back-plate b, I may arrange aspring-plate 't' which prevents said pins from entering too deeply intothe material as will be understood from Figs. 8 and 9.

The. devices above described are applicable to various uses; they areespecially adapted for use on heavy clothing and are well adapted fortrouser-leg supporters in stormy weather. They are of the greatestutility in clasping the folded lower ends of the trouser-legs of bicycleriders. They may be used as a ladies skirt supporter and are of greatbenefit when used to secure the ends of a blanket on the body of ahorse.

The main feature of myinvention is to provide one end of a band, whichis preferably elastic, with the holding device herein described havingretaining teeth, and providing the other end of the band with variousmeans for attaching this end of the supporter to a garment. Both ends ofthe band, however, may be provided with similarly constructed holdingclasps or buttons, as will be evident from Fig. 5.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein described holdingclasp, consisting essentially of a curved shell or faceplate, providedwith a marginal and inwardly curved rim, a back-plate provided withjournal pins adapted to project beneath said rim, whereby saidback-plate is pivotally secured to said face-plate, and means on saidback-plate for grasping the end of a band between said faceplate and theback-plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein described holdingclasp, consisting essentially of a curved sh ell or face-plate, providedwith a marginal and inwardly curved rim, a back-plate provided withjournal pins adapted to project beneath said rim, whereby saidback-plate is pivotally secured to said face-plate,a grasping jaw orlipon said backplate for grasping the end of a band between said face-plateand the back-plate, and upwardly projecting or curved teeth on saidback-plate forattaching it toa piece of material, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

3. As an improved article of manufacture,

the herein described holding clasp, consisting of a face-plate, andaback-plate pivotally secured thereto, a grasping lip or jaw on saidback-plate for grasping the end of a band, loops 19 formed in saidback-plate and awire strand secured in said loops having pin point-s,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. As animproved article of manufacture, the herein described holdingclasp-consisting of a faceplate and a back-plate pivotally securedthereto, a grasping lip or jaw on said back-plate for grasping the endof a band,

loops b formed in said back-plate,a wire 1 strand secured in said loopshaving pin points,

and a spring-plate between the face of the

